How Many Fermenters do You Have?

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  1. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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  2. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    3- 6.5 glass fermenters
    2- 6.5g bucket
    2- 6g Better Bottles
    1- 5g Better Bottle
    1- 5g glass carboy

    I'm probably going to get 2 more of the 6.5 and 5g BB's or the wide mouth bubblers. Need them for my now addictive sour beer production.
     
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  3. HerbMeowing

    HerbMeowing Maven (1,295) Nov 10, 2010 Virginia
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    FermentErs (workErs): yeast
    FermentOrs (wOrk place): carboys...buckets...conicals...LBKs

    Just sayin'
     
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  4. hopsandmalt

    hopsandmalt Initiate (0) Dec 14, 2006 Michigan

    4-6gal carboys
    1-5gal carboy
    1 7.5 gal bucket

    Most of the fermentErs do their wOrk in the 6gal carboys though. I use the bucket more for maple sugaring than brewing and I only use the 5gal carboy if I do a lager.
     
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  5. CDennyRun

    CDennyRun Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2014 Washington

    I have three 6 gallon glass carboys, one 5 gal BB, and one 7.5 gal bucket. I would rather the glass carboys be BB, but I got a screaming deal on them used from a friend. Don't get me wrong, I like them, but not as much as the BB. Reason being the BB is lighter and easier to clean with the larger opening.
     
  6. rocdoc1

    rocdoc1 Savant (1,215) Jan 13, 2006 New Mexico

    1 12.2 gallon stainless conical
    2 6.5 gallon carboys
    6 or 7 plastic buckets
    3 5 gallon carboys
    The glass all sits on shelves, I only use them for long term aging.
    I still use the 2 original plastic buckets I started with in 1992, but I have changed the spigots on them 3 or 4 times since then.
     
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  7. reverseapachemaster

    reverseapachemaster Zealot (722) Sep 21, 2012 Texas

    2 6 gallon BB
    1 7.9 gallon bucket
    1 5 gallon corny currently being used as a fermentor
    6 1 gallon jugs
     
  8. basscram

    basscram Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2006 Maine

    Able to work under fermentation control. 2-6.5 gallon buckets and 1-1gallon glass bottle. (7.1 cf freezer only holds this amount only.)
    Total available fermentation vessels available including the above. 4-6.5 gallon buckets. 1-6.9 gallon bucket. 2-2.5 gallon buckets and that little 1 gallon glass bottle. Soon I will be purchasing a large 24.9cf freezer for fermentation. I hate waiting to make more beer cause I want to make more cause my freezer is filled with kegs. Sorry didn't mean to ramble about that.
     
  9. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    6x 6.5g (glass)
    4x 5g (glass)
    2x 3g (glass)
    3x 6g (better bottles for sours)
    3x 5g (better bottles for sours)
     
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  10. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    Were your original two fermenters bottling buckets?
     
  11. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    4 buckets, 1 5-gal better bottle, 1 5-gal glass carboy, 1 3-gal glass carboy, 4 or 5 1-gal jugs, 2 bottling buckets that could be used as primaries. However, they have never all been full and they have all been empty since September. I may need to reexamine those buckets for scratches and replace accordingly. Some are pretty old.
     
  12. nozferatu46

    nozferatu46 Initiate (0) Mar 24, 2008 Indiana

    2-Buckets
    2-5 gallon better bottles
    2-3 gallon glass carboys (used to do 3 gallon batches before I started kegging)

    1 bottling bucket that I could use as a primary... but probably never will. I rarely have 2 buckets full, so needing a third seems unlikely.
     
  13. kennyg

    kennyg Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2007 Illinois

    1x6.5gal glass carboy
    2x5gal glass carboy
    1x6gal plastic bucket (came in my original kit, don't use anymore)

    I'm in a rare position right now where two are filled.
     
  14. bushycook

    bushycook Zealot (681) Jan 31, 2011 Virginia

    So far:
    1 7.5 gl plastic bucket
    1 6.5 gl bucket
    1 3gl glass carboy and I plan on expanding that soon...
     
  15. Marshall_ofmcap

    Marshall_ofmcap Initiate (0) Jul 17, 2013 Colorado

    2- 6.5 gal buckets
    1- 6 gal glass carboy
    4- 1 gal glass former apple cider jugs
    3- .75 gal glass former apple cider jugs (the cider was better from these)
     
  16. jivex5k

    jivex5k Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2011 Florida

    Just two right now....well three if you count my bucket but I don't like to use it. Stupid phobia from bad beers in the past.
    Got 6.5, and 5 gallon carboy.
    I use my 6.5 gallon bucket to hold star san on brew day, then transfer it back to whatever carboy is open for long term storage.

    I'm gonna need more fermentors soon if I get these berliners down pat.
     
  17. jlordi12

    jlordi12 Pooh-Bah (1,856) Jun 8, 2011 Massachusetts
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    4 - better bottles
    2 - ale pales
    1 - bottling bucket that I sometimes use to ferment.
     
  18. udubdawg

    udubdawg Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2006 Kansas

    2x 8 gallon buckets
    6x 6 gallon Better Bottles
    6x 5 gallon Better Bottles
    11x 3 gallon Better Bottles

    yeah, I bought a few more and retired one.
     
  19. Scope4Beer

    Scope4Beer Zealot (677) Sep 28, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    1 x 6.5 gal BB
    1 x 5 gal BB
    2 x 3 gal glass carboys.

    Sadly, I usually only get to use one at a time due to time constraints on brewing.
     
  20. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    1 7.9gal bucket
    1 6.5gal bucket
    1 6.5gal carboy
    1 5gal carboy
    1 3gal carboy

    Buckets see the most primary action, and anything dry-hopped goes in a bucket. 6.5 gal carboy is for mostly for primary, but just saw some action for fruit aging. 5 gal is mostly for primary fermentation of smaller batches of bigger beers, but sees some use as a secondary for bulk storage. 3 gal is strictly for secondary of big beers.

    One day I'll live in a house with a garage/basement and will get some more carboys so I can do some for real sours. As it is, the better half complains that I have too much in the apartment.
     
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